Azure and Xamarin Forms: Cross Platform Mobile Development

Read the online Azure and Xamarin Forms docs for free. This was lazy writing, many picture of Azure UI which filled most of this book.

The book takes the approach that if you follow along with a step-by-step, that you will learn what is required to use Xamarin.Forms effectively. While I do think having users working on projects is valuable in learning, it doesn't help when the code is not explained, which is the unfortunate large error of this book.Throughout the brief tutorials, code is provided, but there is basically zero explanation as to the purpose of the code. This ;ultimately leads to a mindless approach to the learning process. Beyond this, not only is the code and elements of Xamarin.Forms not explained, the steps provided are hard to follow in themselves because of the poor layout and writing of those instructions.I would like to write something positive, but there was nothing in the first half of the book (all that I could get through) that warrants any praise.

It’s been a long time since I have done a book review but I wanted to review Azure and Xamarin Forms: Cross Platform Mobile Development by Russell Fustino since I am personally interested in these two subjects.If you are new to mobile development or cloud development, then this book is for you! Heck, why not try it out since Xamarin and Azure are the easiest way to do both! Russ takes you trough easy to understand exercises to get your feet wet with these technology stacks.The mobile chapters & examples explain how to use Xamarin to create apps in iOS, Android and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) without the need for third-party controls. The Azure examples are even better by introducing the reader to Azure which includes deployment and even the Azure CLI. What I liked most is that Russ even tackles offline data caching, something I discuss in many of my conference sessions. This is something I see most development teams not thinking about early in the architecture phase.The last chapter even walks you through how to delete all the artifacts created in Azure from the book examples! I’ve never seen that in a book before.In summary, if you are about to start your first Xamarin app that is backed by cloud computing with Azure, then this book is for you!

Russ Fustino worked for many years as a developer evangelist for Microsoft in the Boston area. What he did then for C# and .NET he now does for Xamarin in this no-nonsense collection of walkthroughs of the key topics in Xamarin.Forms development. If you want an overview of the bare minimum you need to understand to begin building professional, cross-platform mobile apps with MVVM data-binding and cloud data sync, then this is the book for you. It's not an in depth reference, as the topics are focused and the projects concisely written. Rather it's a recipe book of some of the most important dishes: Installing VS 2017, an intro to Forms, an intro to Azure, Mobile Apps and services in Azure, and using the managed client for Azure Mobile Apps to read/write and sync the data from your app. Check it out!

An excellent book that was up to date thru VS2017 and the latest in both Amazon and Azure cloud sites. Russ went out of his way to include code sample pictures, as ell as the source files for all of the apps. Really helped me become a cross-platform developer. Thanks a lot, Russ!

A great reference for using Azure with your Xamarin forms application

The book contains old methods to reach the goal. The procedures about creating a mobile app with Azure is changed and this could generate confusion and error prone actions, especially in the following parts:- Building an Azure Service Using QuickStar- Create a Mobile App in the Azure PortalThe code is good and useful to have an idea about how to.In my opinion, of course, this book needs a second and updated edition.